The Road to Partition

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Aired on May 27, 2021, 8:00 PM

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Series exploring the political brinkmanship and bitter communal violence that led to the partition of Ireland.

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Status: To Be Determined
Language: English
Runtime: 60 min
Premiered: May 27, 2021
Schedule: Thursday at 9:00 PM

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Episodes (1 Season · 2 Episodes)

Episode 1

On June 22, 1921, King George V and Queen Mary arrived in Belfast for the official opening of the first Northern Ireland parliament. Fearful for their lives, they had come to a city scarred by bitter sectarian violence. One hundred years on, this is the story of the dramatic events that led to the partition of Ireland - one that continues to reverberate to the present day.

May 27, 2021

60 min

Episode 2

The second episode explores how political tensions and outbreaks of sectarian violence threatened to destabilise the new Northern Irish state.